Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish. Why do you think this is happening? What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced?
Sample Response
It is undeniable that the increase in rubbishincrement of rubbish is causing problems for societygiving problems to the society. In my opinion, this issue did not exist in the past, until thirty years ago, the change of human behaviour. There are a few reasons that cause the volume of rubbish to increasecause the volume of rubbish increase. Let me illustrate the causes. First of all, from my point of view, one of the main reasonsreason behind the increase in rubbishfor increasing rubbish is people's excessive purchasingis, overly purchase habit of people. Often, people nowadays tend to buy more than they really needmore than what they really need. It is clearvery clear and obvious that whenever there are promotions, the sales volume will increaseincreases. As a result of that, people buy items that will not be used for a period of time and it will then be thrown away. Therefore the volume of rubbish is increasing. FurthermoreApart from that, I would say, the lack of recycling practices in societyrecycling practices in the society is another main reason. Recycling could reduce the volume of rubbish in the world by reusing discarded materialsthe thrown away materials. By doing so, it could also reduce the useusage of natural resources. Last but not least, a proper way of disposing of wastewastage and rubbish is a must. By implementing a proper way of disposing of rubbish, it could save cost and manpower to control the volume of rubbish at the same time. In conclusion, it is essential to control the volume of rubbish in the society. The government could provide citizens witheducate the citizen with the knowledge of reducing rubbish effectivelyreducing rubbish in a good way. The government could run campaigns, advertise and educate citizenshold campaigns, advertise or even educate the citizen, starting at a young agestarting from young, maybe from primary school. If this issue continues to go on, it would cause damages to the earth, action must be taken before it is too late. I believe that the government and citizensI believe, government and citizen must work together in order to achieve this goal, as success requires cooperationall things can be done with unity.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The essay identifies overconsumption and weak recycling habits as plausible causes and proposes public education and campaigns as government action. Its central message remains understandable, but the second question is addressed briefly and late, while repetitive linking, a single-block structure, and frequent language errors limit precision. Prioritise a distinct solutions paragraph that explains how specific government policies—such as recycling collection, packaging rules, or financial incentives—would reduce waste.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Relevant causes are identified and government education is proposed, but the government-response part is much less developed than the explanation of causes.
Give two specific government measures and explain the mechanism by which each would reduce the amount of rubbish produced.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response moves broadly from causes to action and uses clear signposts, but it is presented as one paragraph and linking is often repetitive or mechanical.
Separate causes from government solutions and ensure each paragraph develops one controlling idea rather than placing new policy content in the conclusion.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is adequate for discussing waste and recycling, but frequent inaccurate collocations and word forms reduce naturalness and precision.
Replace phrases such as 'increment of rubbish', 'overly purchase habit', 'disposing of wastage', and 'cause damages' with standard waste-management language.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Simple and complex forms are attempted, but errors in agreement, articles, sentence boundaries, countable nouns, and clause construction are frequent.
Practise structures such as 'one of the main reasons is', 'sales volumes increase', and 'governments and citizens must work together'.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish. Why do you think this is happening? What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced?
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